What I do is announce to the crowd before I start playing - let them know to write their names on their underwear before they throw them at me (hopefully it's just women, but you never know). That way, at the end of the night I can pair up the underpants with the ladies who tossed 'em.
My biggest faux pas is I forget to interact with the crowd. I often stare at my one of my feet or just look down. Very stoic facial expressions. I make Neal Peart seem downright effervescent...
I think I am going to write "Smile, Jerkface!" on my snare batter...
What's a fox pass?
-Brian
"Too many crappy used drum stuff to list"
Play the SONG......not the DRUMS!!!
"I think that feeling is a lot more important than technique. It's all very well doing a triple paradiddle - but who's going to know you've done it? If you play technically you sound like everybody else. It's being original that counts." ~ John Bonham
I am certainly prone to zone out, however, I feel proud when playing 7/4 and zoning out but staying in time.
I often wonder how good my subconscious is at keeping time...
Tama Swingstar 3 piece 1993 (refinished wine red)
Ludwig Breakbeats (Azure Sparkle)
1964 Ludwig Supra
Old no-name Luan 12x8 tom/snare (refinished wine red)
Mapex MPX 14"x5.5" snare (refinished in gloss black)
Pearl Vision 14"x14" ft/snare (refinished wine red)
Aquarian heads
14" Sabian HHX Stage Hats
15" Meinl Extra Dry Thin Hats
18" Meinl Vintage Trash Crash
18" Wuhan China
18" Thin Zildjian Crash
18" Thin Zildjian Crash with rivets
19" Meinl Extra Dry Thin Crash
22" Istanbul Mehmet Legend Dark Ride
23" Matt Bettis Dry Ride
I drop my sticks way too often. Sometimes the stick gets caught between the ride and the floor tom and just flops out of my hand. Other times I completely miss a crash cymbal and the stick goes flying. To be fair though, I am very close to being legally blind so I have a valid excuse haha
Matt
I throw my sticks from the riser at the sound guy when my monitor isn't right. Stick em right in the wall behind him like daggers. Then later on I'll apologize and let him buy me a beer
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RDM/Damage Poets
UFiP TAMAHA Zildjian
REGAL TiP
AQUARIAN
Collectors Black Ice Finishply
10x8,12x9,15x12,16x14,20x18,24x16
14X6 Collectors 10 and 6 snare Natural Satin
14x8 Collectors Black Nickel over Brass
Mine would be, being a Canadian drummer at a gig, having someone request Rush, and me telling them I dont like Rush.
😱
I procrastinate on tuning quite often, it's probably been about 4 months since I've tuned and I need too since we've lost power and heat 3 times this winter, my kit sounds terrible right now but I hate how much time it takes to tune.
Wear hearing protection.
During my playing days, I didn't throw enough sticks at guitar players.
That counts..................right???
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